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North Carolina (20-11, 13-6 ACC) vs. No. 2 Duke (27-3, 18-1 ACC)
Saturday, March 8 — 6:30 p.m.
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Smith Center
TV: ESPN (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Jessica Sims)
Radio: Tar Heels Sports Network (Jones Angell, Tyler Zeller)
UNC Tar Heels:
Cadeau P = 5, E = 50, I = 45, X = 25
Davis P + 100, E = 45, I = 0, X = 50
Jackson P = 30, E = 5, I = 60, X = 45
Washington P = 95, E = 50, I = 25, X = 60
Powell P = 20, E = 95, I = 0, X = 10
Trimble P = 0, E = 75, I = 0, X = 0
Withers P = 45, E = 10, I = 50, X = 45
Lubin # P = 70, E = 40, I = 0, X = 35
Claude P = 50, E = 95, I = 45
Brown P = 20, E = 15, I = 5, X = 15
Tyson P = 15, E = 70, I = 0, X = 10
Coach Wisdom = 25
dook
9 Khaman Maluach P = 50, E = 75, I = 35, X = 40
2 Cooper Flagg P = 100, E = 25, I = 25, X = 60
7 Kon Knueppel P = 95, E = 15, I = 15, X = 55
5 Tyrese Proctor P = 75, E = 75, I = 0, X = 35
14 Sion James P = 55, E = 90, I = 90, X = 70
18 Mason Gillis P = 5, E = 0, I = 0, X = 5
21 Patrick Ngongba P = 15, E = 0, I = 65, X = 40
3 Isaiah Evans P = 25, E = 100, I = 100, X = 60
1 Caleb Foster P = 5, E = 100, I = 50, X = 25
6 Maliq Brown P = 70, E = 50, I = 15, X = 40 (Will he play?)
Coach Sheyer 30
Look-In: Will Blythe wrote, “To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever.” He said it for many. On both sides as best I can tell. Still, it has been a while since there was enough familiarity to breed the levels of contempt that once filled our hearts, the last truly despicable long-timer was Ted Cruz doppelgänger Grayson ‘tripper’ Allen I guess. Of course Kxyzmyzxi coached there for an eternity, never graying, foul and vampiric to the end. It was good of Coach Davis to preside at his funeral — twice. Driving that stake home in The Final Four was indeed a “Happy Forever” moment.
The latest out of derm are led by Colonel, err, Cooper Flagg. He’s the latest 4-monther and he’s very good. He’s kept his mouth shut, nor has he pushed, shoved, or tripped and he’ll be gone soon. Aussie Tyrese Proctor has actually been there three years and he’s dislikable enough-he chose the place after all-and he plays an all-around floor game (11.8 ppg). Kon Knueppel is passing through, a 6-7 wing with stoutness and an eye from the Arc.
A South Sudanese giant (7-2 with an arm span of 8-5) inhabits the paint. Khaman Maluach is a kid, born in ‘06, averaging 8.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 1.1 blocks. In fact, he is one of the reasons that dook is the tallest team in college basketball. Sion James just rolled in from Tulane and he’s very effective all-around. Mason Gillis joined from Purdue too and is a quality bench man. Isaiah Evans is their heater off the pine. He’s a freshman and one of the few North Carolinians on the dook campus.
Frontcourt: Athleticism from Lubin and Washington. Claude and Withers are even physically - worthy. Brown has freshman numbers.
Wings: Ian Jackson and Drake Powell bring positivity and motivation. Tyson joins in that drive.
Guards: Cadeau is subdued while R.J. Davis soars. Trimble is a ball of good energy.
Overall: This is R.J.’s Adios. He will become the #1 in Games-Played-For-Carolina today. He has sweated and bled for UNC for Five Years, a run made possible by pandemic. His accolades and records are mountainous. He is 6-4 versus dook and served as a pallbearer at both of Klyzxmyplxi’s funerals. Ty Claude and Jae’Lyn Withers, both Tar Heels born (Goldsboro & Charlotte) are also playing their final Dean E. Smith Center games.
Tough, tough, tough game. The derm dookies are nationally #2 - Carolina on The Bubble. The biorhythms do not favor Carolina: Flagg, Knueppel, and James look too strong today. A path to victory could open up by way of the high ‘want to’ quotients of Trimble, Claude, Tyson, Powell, and Jackson. And a Super R.J. Everybody’s betting on dook by 11.5. The numbers here show a Tar Heel deficit. Heart says it is close as the dickens. One to two points. Anything can happen. Here’s to Happiness.
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